This was a very interesting and funny science fiction book. I wasn’t too sure about it at the start because it involved selling maple syrup to aliens!
I guess John Ringo has some political issues and it comes out in his writing. He moves through this book pretty rapidly because he kind of skips things like language barriers and other stuff you’d expect upon a first contact story. The main character seems kind of old at the beginning but doesn’t seem to age much throughout the book. He is obviously a genius because some of the ideas he comes up with are just too fantastic for most people.
This also is a business book going into great detail on how the main character wheels and deals with an alien federation. of course the main character get some implants which make it possible for him to directly interface with an alien network and alien corporations. Of course you have to believe that business is done everywhere in the galaxy just like it is done on Earth.
Still, a great read and some great action at the very end.
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Though you have an impressive list of books here. And I am definitely going to take advantage of this list. But Correct me if I am wrong, it does not seem like you have anything on the list from the 20th century? John Ringo seems like your earliest read. Have you read Keith Laumer’s BOLO series, Jerry Pournelle’s Janissaries, David Drake’s Hammers Slammers, Joe Haldeman’s Forever War???
I have read all of those authors long ago before I ever started posting book reviews. “Hammer’s Slanmmers” and “Forever War” were among my favorites. I’ve also read all of David Weber’s “Safehold” series. Excellent books, but the I and the Internet weren’t compatible during that time. I’m an avid reader, but for some unknown reason Amazon no longer allows me to post my reviews. Some of my very earlier reviews on books I bought through Amazon were deleted with my banning! Thanks for the comment.